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Tigers extend Cabrera 10 years, $300 million


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Two-time American League MVP Miguel Cabrera has agreed to terms with the Detroit Tigers on a new 10-year contract that will pay him just under $300 million, a baseball source told ESPN.com.

 

The new contract, which covers the two years remaining on Cabrera's current deal and eight additional years, is expected to become official later this week, the source said.

 

CBSSports.com earlier reported Detroit and Cabrera were closing in on an agreement that would make the superstar slugger a Tiger for life.

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Too bad they're no longer stuck with Fielder's deal as well...wish they would have been able to come to an agreement with Scherzer. Those two deals, in addition to Verlander and Cabrera, could have really doomed the franchise five years from now.

 

They're also going to have to pay Austin Jackson at some point.

 

It's probably one of the reasons they sacrificed Fister, who was their most underrated starter IMO.

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Who's going to be the first billion dollar player?

 

Half a billion?

 

You'd have to think NFL football players would be looking at these huge contracts and wondering why they're not similarly compensated, guaranteed contracts, NFL even more profitable, much longer average careers (where a good RB is lucky to last 3-4 seasons with the increase in speed/violent contact/strength and conditioning)...and baseball players don't OFTEN face being crippled or traumatized by concussions and mental health issues after age 50.

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http://www.freep.com/article/20140328/SPOR...era-record-deal

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/miguel-cabrer...-051917319.html

Passan doesn't mince words about the stupidity of the contract, at this particular point in time.

 

 

http://www.freep.com/article/20140327/SPORTS02/303270132/

Heyman picks the Tigers 3rd, Royals first, to play the Dodgers in the World Series, lol....and Indians 2nd

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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 28, 2014 -> 09:32 AM)
Verlander and Cabrera will cost them 60 million per year. For two players. Wow.

 

I mean who wouldn't want to pay a 35 year old Miguel Cabrera and a 35 year old Justin Verlander a combined 60 million in 2018? That is just good business.

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To understand just how terrible the industry reviews are of the Detroit Tigers' deal with Miguel Cabrera, it's appropriate to draw on the examples from the movie industry.

 

The Cabrera deal, in the eyes of rival executives, is "Disaster Movie" bad.

 

The Cabrera deal, in the eyes of officials with other teams, is "Battlefield Earth" bad.

It's is "Heaven's Gate" bad. It is "Sahara" bad. (I think he means ISHTAR??)

 

Folks from around the sport believe that Cabrera's deal is a guaranteed loser, and they do not understand what the Tigers could be thinking to sign on for this money pit that they know will have ripple effects on the entire industry.

 

"I just don't get it," one high-ranking NL executive said. "They lost their minds."

 

Said another: "It's an awful deal for the Tigers, and it's worse for baseball."

 

The criticism of the contract should not be confused with criticism of Cabrera, whose skills as a hitter are universally respected.

 

Buster Olney, ESPN blogs

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